Quote by Havelock Ellis
A religion can no more afford to degrade its Devil than to degrade

A religion can no more afford to degrade its Devil than to degrade its God. – Havelock Ellis

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Pain and death are a part of life. To reject them is to reject life itself. – Havelock Ellis

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In the early days of Christianity the exercise of chastity was frequently combined with a close and romantic intimacy of affection between the sexes which shocked austere moralists. – Havelock Ellis

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Basically, fundamentalism is a modern phenomenon. In the same way that Hitler evoked a mythological religion of German purity and the glory of the past, the Islamists use religion to evoke emotions and passions in people who have been oppressed for a long time in order to reach their purpose. – Azar Nafisi

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And I used to think that proof that I had religion was whether I knew how to sing all of the songs. – Bernice Johnson Reagon

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The songs keep on writing themselves, and I really love them. Its as close as I get to a religion. – Kristin Hersh

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Well, religion has been passed down through the years by stories people tell around the campfire. Stories about God, stories about love. Stories about good spirits and evil spirits. – Andrew Greeley

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